Village green

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A village green is a common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock,^{[citation needed]} often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle to bring them later on to a common land for grazing.^{[citation needed]} Later, planned greens were built into the centres of villages.^[1]

The village green also provided, and may still provide, an open-air meeting place for the local people, which may be used for public celebrations such as May Day festivities. The term is used more broadly to encompass woodland, moorland, sports grounds, buildings, roads and urban parks.